“We’re thrilled to receive these two awards for the 15th year in a row,” said Mark Michalko, executive director of the N.C. Education Lottery. “It’s important that North Carolinians can see easily for themselves how lottery money is raised and spent, beginning with every ticket that is sold. These two awards recognize the work we do to ensure transparency and accountability of lottery finances.”
“The New Mexico Lottery was thrilled to win Best New Instant Game not only for the third time, but for the last two consecutive years,” said David Barden, New Mexico Lottery CEO. “I am so proud to be part of a visionary team that put together such a grand, all-inclusive product. Most importantly, the additional revenue generated for Legislative Lottery Scholarships for New Mexico students is the biggest win of all.”
PGRI Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for Keith Cash, Sarah Taylor, and Jennifer Welshons was held at the NASPL conference in Milwaukee on November 1st, 2023. On hand to welcome the new inductees were Front row: (L) to (R) Jennifer Westbury, Wendy Montgomery, Keith Cash (Class 2023), Sarah Taylor (Class 2023), Rebecca Paul, Jennifer Welshons, (Class 2023), John Schulz, Matt Whalen, May Scheve. Back Row R to L: Scott Gunn, Gary Grief, Jay Gendron, Doug Pollard, Mark Michalko, Pat McHugh, David Gale Click here to read their biographies
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The induction ceremony for the Mr Farris, Mr Kötter, Mr van’t Veer was held at EL Congress in Šibenik, Croatia on Tuesday June 6th 2023; Lottery Industry Hall of Fame members on hand to welcome the inductees from the First Ceremony were: L-R HANSJORG HOLTKEMEIER, DOUG POLLARD, JENNIFER WELSHONS (2023), SARAH M. TAYLOR (2023), JENNIFER WESTBURY, PHILIPPE VLAEMMINCK, KONSTANTINOS FARRIS (2023), LYNNE ROITER, ANDREAS KöTTER (2023), REBECCA PAUL, OLLI SAREKOSKI, ROMANA GIRANDON, ARJAN VAN'T VEER (2023), FRIEDRICH STICKLER, RAY BATES, DAVID GALE. Click here to reads their biographies
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The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust was pleased to give new scholarships to 106 students and congratulated 45 recently graduated JC Scholars
Over the years, the Texas Lottery has taken great pride in generating revenue for the Fund for Veteran’s Assistance,” said Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery.
The audit recommends the Lottery continue to work with the Legislature to evaluate the impact of advertising and sponsorship spending on Lottery sales.
Since inception, Scratch-Off games have generated more than $18.09 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund.
“We’re happy to help the Oregon Lottery maximize proceeds to its good cause programs with our high-performance instant products,” said John Schulz, President of Americas & Global Instant Products for Scientific Games. “We’re committed to bringing innovative instant scratch game experiences to players around the world, all based on analytics and insights that drive results.”
The Wyoming Lottery is celebrating CEO Jonathon (Jon) Clontz who came to us before our first lottery ticket was ever sold and who led the way in growing our company from the ground up.
